Of Captivity and Resistance

ISBN-13: 9781009273176 / Twarda / 2023 / 220 str.

Delhi) Purkayastha Sharmila (Miranda House

Opis

A materialist and political interpretation of dissenting writings that recovers a story of women's political participation.

Spis treści

Dedication; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: The Captive-Political Dialectic; Chapter 2. Before the Seventies: From the Colonial to the Postcolonial Times; Chapter 3. The Turning Point: Testimonies of Mobilization from Srikakulam and Naxalbari; Chapter 4. In Custody: Repression and Torture; Chapter 5. Behind High Walls: Naxalite Narratives; Chapter 6. Emergency Times: Mass Politics and Detentions; Chapter 7. After the Seventies: Political Imprisonment in India Today; Chapter 8. Conclusion: Solidarity Politics and Poetics; Index.